Can nine volts of electricity kill you?

Question

Simple as that. Can nine volts of electricity kill you.

Answer 1

Yes, but it depends on the amperage.

Answer 2

It is actually current conducted through the body that is the important single measurement. There is a range of current that causes muscle to contract and makes movement impossible including the heart muscle. I may be wrong on the amount of current but I believe it is between 5 milliamps and 50 milliamps. More cause convulsion and less causes a mild shock. Curiously, these currents are most often generated in humans by voltages between 100 and 250 volts, the most common voltages in the world. 9 volts could do it but properly placed electrodes would be needed.

Answer 3

No.

It is correct, as other people have said, that its the current flow that kills you but due to basic ohms law, 9v is not sufficient to cause enough current to flow through the body to kill you.

50 volts or less is considered safe by most industrial safety authorities.

No doubt some fool will try to answer that it can kill you by some crazy reasoning.

Answer 4

I read a story that someone survived 50,000 volts of electricity. 9 seems to be a small number. So, my answer is no.